October 27, 2006

FOIA Error Roils U. of Phoenix Case

By MARTIN VAN DER WERF

A high-stakes whistle-blower case accusing the University of Phoenix of misusing billions of dollars in federal money has taken a bizarre twist. The U.S. Department of Education, which is ostensibly opposing Phoenix in the case, has given away the entire legal strategy of the whistle-blowers, including the identities of confidential witnesses.

Lawyers for the University of Phoenix and its parent company, the Apollo Group, obtained most of the information in 2005 after filing a Freedom

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